Cost of English footballers starts scramble on world commodity markets | Harry Pearson
Cost of English footballers starts scramble on world commodity markets | Harry Pearson
The governor of the Bank of England is to switch the basis of sterling to 'the home-grown box-to-box midfielder standard These days, whenever a moderate English player is transferred for a staggering sum of money – usually to Liverpool – all protests about the iceberg-sized fee are hushed immediately by the uttering of a simple mantra, "English Premium".
Kop That @ Jul 21, 2011 4:56 PM EDT | Blog Profile
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